Social science / Political science / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)

Non-State Actor Dynamics in International Law: From Law-Takers to Law-Makers

by Math Noortmann & Cedric Ryngaert

This book examines the position of non-state actors in international law as law-makers and law-takers and questions whether these different positions can or should be separated from each other. It is an indispensable...

From Blood Diamonds to the Kimberley Process: How NGOs Cleaned Up the Global Diamond Industry

by Franziska Bieri

Despite its importance in international affairs, the Kimberley Process remains understudied in academia. Franziska Bieri's book provides the first comprehensive account of the Kimberley Process and is the first...

Oil Supply Crises: Cooperation and Discord in the West

by Vessela Chakarova

Oil Supply Crises: Cooperation and Discord in the West, by Vessela Chakarova, offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of consumer countries’ policies and reactions to oil supply shortages. In addition...

Global Cities and Networks for Global Environmental Governance

by Sofie Bouteligier

As a result of global dynamics-the increasing interconnection of people and places-innovations in global environmental governance haved altered the role of cities in shaping the future of the planet.  This...

State-centric to Contested Social Governance in South Korea

by Hyuk-Rae Kim

In this interdisciplinary study of governance, Hyuk-Rae Kim traces how civil society and NGOs have evolved over time, how they differ in motivation from their Western counterparts, and the role civil society...

Learning to Change the World

by Charles Kane, Walter Bender, Jody Cornish & Neal Donahue

UNESCO estimates that eleven percent of primary school–age children—seventy-two million worldwide—are not enrolled in or attending school. Children who do attend may find themselves in schools that lack...

Megacommunities

by Christopher Kelly, Mark Gerencser, Fernando Napolitano & Reginald Van Lee et al.

A hurricane strikes a city; terrorists attack a nation; global warming threatens the environment--such problems are too large for any one authority to solve alone. Our increasingly globalized and interconnected...

Good Cop/Bad Cop: Environmental NGOs and Their Strategies toward Business

by Thomas Lyon

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity....

Politics, Agricultural Development, and Conflict Resolution: An In-Depth Analysis of the Moyen Bani Programme in Mali

by Chuku-Dinka R. Spencer

Using the Moyen Bani Programme as an example, External Assistance or External Interference gives an analysis of a grassroots conflict and raises the issue of international NGO activities in rural development...

Rebel Without Borders: Frontline Missions in Africa and the Gulf

by Marc Vachon

A biting and fascinating review of humanitarian aid, this account of volunteer life working for Doctors Without Borders illuminates the logistics of building camps for refugees and delivering clean water to...

Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders

by Dan Bortolotti

More fascinating and harrowing accounts of the volunteer professionals who risk their lives to help those in desperate need.

Praise for the second edition:

"Direct and evocative, this well-written book pushes...

Environmental Governance

by J.P. Evans

Climate change is prompting an unprecedented questioning of the fundamental bases upon which society is founded. Businesses claim that technology can save the environment, while politicians champion the role...

2010 Annual Report

by Council on Relations

The Council on Foreign Relations' (CFR) 2010 Annual Report demonstrates CFR's role as a trusted, independent source for information and analysis on the policy challenges facing the United States and the world....